The death and life of the great American school system
Subtitle: how testing and choice are undermining education
By: Diane Ravitch
Edition: Rev. and expanded ed.
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9780465025572; 9780465028214
Subjects: Educational accountability; School choice; Public schools; Educational tests and measurements
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What I learned about school reform; title: Hijacked!: how the standards movement turned into the testing movement; title: The transformation of district 2; title: Lessons from San Diego; title: The business model in New York City; title: NCLB: measure and punish; title: Choice: the story of an idea; title: The trouble with accountability; title: What would Mrs. Ratliff do?; title: The billionaire boys' club; title: Lessons learned; title: Epilogue: school and society.